gwcrim, Do yourself a favor and just replace all the races and bearings. It costs about $100.00 By the way, I have 99' KX5 with a custom fabricated swingarm made 12'' over. I hillclimb, but with all you KX5'ers out there, does anyone want to buy a swingarm? One piece of course, no cheap ass bolt on extensions. I purchased about $200 in aluminum, $100 in bearings, and paid $400 for it to be made. If anyone wants one made to your lenght, write me back at crazyryan. I've skied off of hills, jumped it and riden over 110 m.p.h. on mine. It's made of 6061, it's still straight and strong. Even after a 10 ft. leap only to land on flat ground. I know alot of you guys out there are riding stockers, maybe with some pretty stickers. But if anyone in this site climbs hard or is just plan tried of flippin over, just say something.